Category: Films
Strike: An Uncivil War review – brutal confrontation on the miners’ strike picket lines
British schoolchildren are taught that the last full-scale military engagement on their soil was the battle of Culloden in 1746. But this should change: on [more…]
‘I don’t want to take these characters home’: Jesse Plemons on life playing the psychopath next door
Jesse Plemons is a successful young actor, instinctive and natural, who likes to inhabit every role he takes on. He can play lead or support; [more…]
‘It always destroys me’: our writers on their saddest movie deaths
Earl in Magnolia “Have you seen death in your bed?” bellows Julianne Moore’s unfaithful gold digger, wracked with guilt and hurtling toward a full breakdown [more…]
Every Little Thing review – hummingbird documentary shimmers with the best of humanity
Encounters with hummingbirds are not easily forgotten. I vividly remember my first, on a visit to Los Angeles 15 years ago: walking the streets of [more…]
Streaming: the best films about elections
You simply cannot move for high-profile elections lately. The UK’s big decision day is less than three weeks away; France called one last week in [more…]
Blur: To the End review – sentimental journey for four likely lads on their way to Wembley
The Blur fan does not want for documentaries. From the ramshackle Starshaped in 1993, which captured these Britpop Monkees pre-megastardom, to the slick New World [more…]
Laughter lessons: a comedy watchlist for Pope Francis
A hundred top comedians are generally considered a tough crowd, but Pope Francis had them rolling in the aisles at the Vatican on Friday, with [more…]
Hunt for Gollum: are Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen being quietly dropped?
Just how exactly did Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis’s shocking plan to return to Middle-earth with the forthcoming The Lord of The Rings: The Hunt [more…]
Eddie Redmayne says Warren Beatty offered to bail him out after email hack
Eddie Redmayne has revealed that after his email was hacked, Warren Beatty responded by offering to wire him money: “whatever you need”. Redmayne told the [more…]
Her Name Was Moviola review – ode to editing machine a geekgasm for analogue fans
Howard Berry is a British film historian and chronicler of Elstree studios; now he has directed this unique documentary, written and conceived by the legendary [more…]
